Pitching health care overhaul, Obama packs Rose Garden with doctors in white medical coatsWASHINGTON — On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama on Monday filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying “nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do.” NYC to expand its high-tech counterterror system to cover high-profile buildings in midtownNEW YORK — A network of security cameras, license plate readers and weapons sensors intended to protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats will be expanded to the city’s midtown area. Reggae artist Major Mackerel says NY neighbor with 2-foot sword slashed him in head, arm, handNEW YORK — Jamaican reggae artist Major Mackerel says he’s been slashed in the head, arm and hand by a New York City man wielding a 2-foot sword. NYC’s Chinatown could get 1st Chinese rep on council as Asian-Americans see surge at the pollsNEW YORK — Chinatown is likely to get its first Chinese-American representative on the City Council, and a Taiwanese immigrant is headed for citywide office — a dramatic change for the nation’s largest city, which had no Asian-Americans in elected office just eight years ago. US nursing homes pushed to brink: fund cuts, recession force layoffs, cutbacks, closingsHARTFORD, Conn. — The nation’s nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services — possibly even closing — because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and deep federal and state government spending cuts, industry experts say. Self-described NYC anarchist accused of tweeting cops’ locations to activists at G-20 protestsNEW YORK — A self-described New York City anarchist has been accused of tweeting the location of police officers to protesters trying to evade them during the Group of 20 economic summit in Pittsburgh. Afghan immigrant accused in NYC terror plot grew up with radical influences through his lifeNEW YORK — If he chose to listen, Najibullah Zazi could hear the calls for violence all around him. Everyday act of strangers bumping shoulders leads to violence and death on NYC streetNEW YORK — New Yorkers bump into each other countless times on crowded sidewalks, and sometimes there’s an “excuse me,” sometimes a terse “watch where you’re going,” and then disappearance again into the sea of faces. Prosecutors: NYC court escapee had phony passport, disguises, $4K when capturedNEW YORK — Prosecutors say a well-dressed robbery suspect who escaped from a New York City courthouse had a fake passport, wigs, phony beards, $4,000 and four gun-shaped cigarette lighters on him when he was captured. Madoff trustee sues Madoff’s brother, sons, niece to recover almost $200 million for investorsNEW YORK — Bernard Madoff’s brother, sons and a niece used the family finance business like a “piggy bank,” a court-appointed trustee says, and he is suing them to return almost $200 million that he says fueled their lavish lifestyle at the expense of investors. DA: CBS News employee pleads not guilty in NYC to plotting $2M extortion of David LettermanNEW YORK — A CBS News employee is out of jail on bond after pleading not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million. Bloomberg has spent $64.8 million on 3rd campaign; burns through cash at $15k-per-hour clipNEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $64.8 million of his own money in his bid for a third term and, since midsummer, has been spending campaign cash at a rate of $15,000 per hour. DA: CBS News employee indicted in NYC in plot to extort $2M from David LettermanNEW YORK — A CBS News employee has been indicted in an extortion plot against David Letterman, who acknowledged sexual relationships with female staffers on his show after the man tried to blackmail him for $2 million, the Manhattan district attorney said Friday. Chickens, fresh apples and other local foods can give indigestion to local officialsChickens finally can roost legally in Bozeman, Mont. AP answers your news questions, from status of ‘Sully’s’ jet to what’s up with Somali piratesCapt. Chesley Sullenberger officially returned to the skies this week, eight months after he gained fame by guiding his crippled jetliner into the Hudson River in New York City without the loss of a single life. But what about the damaged US Airways jet? Has that been returned to service? SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Sotomayor won’t sell New York apartment in this economyWASHINGTON — Not even Supreme Court justices are immune from the economy. Manhattan apartment market soar in third quarter, still below year-ago levelsNEW YORK — Blink. What housing downturn? NYC’s famed Four Seasons restaurant gets new chef _ an Italian culinary starNEW YORK — New York City’s famed Four Seasons restaurant, which invented the “power lunch,” has a new executive chef. Washington Post to team up with Bloomberg News on service focusing on politics, financeSAN FRANCISCO — The Washington Post and Bloomberg News are teaming up in a new partnership that will distribute their political and financial coverage to a broader audience. Former building inspectors, reputed mob figures, charged in NYC construction corruptionNEW YORK — Six former New York City building inspectors, two reputed Lucchese crime family leaders and more than two dozen other people and businesses were indicted Thursday in a sprawling racketeering case that ranges from construction bribes to gun trafficking. ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ pilots reunite in cockpit for NY, NC flightsNEW YORK — “This is your captain, Chesley Sullenberger.” NY woman convicted in 2007 death of father, whose body was found bound, gagged and mutilatedNEW YORK — A woman has been convicted of killing her father and mutilating his body in her New York City apartment. Empire State Building lit with Chinese colors, drawing protests from Communist state’s criticsNEW YORK — Red and yellow lights shone from the top of the Empire State Building at dusk Wednesday, a tribute to communist China’s 60th anniversary that protesters labeled “blatant approval” of totalitarianism and criticized as inappropriate for an icon in the land of the free. Lighting of Empire State Building with Chinese colors angers critics of Communist stateNEW YORK — The Empire State Building has been lit in red and yellow in honor of communist China’s 60th anniversary, amid criticism of the gesture. NY judge says he wouldn’t have ordered release of destroyed 9/11 interrogation videosNEW YORK — A judge cited national security concerns in ruling Wednesday that the CIA does not have to release hundreds of documents related to the destruction of videotapes of Sept. 11 detainee interrogations that used harsh methods. Officials: NY men under surveillance in terrorism investigation; more arrests expectedNEW YORK — A “handful” of men in New York are possible associates of the chief suspect in a suspected plot to use homemade bombs to attack New York City commuter trains, and investigators have them under heavy surveillance, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Supreme Court to rule on gun control by cities, states, could set off rollback in legal limitsWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will take up a challenge to Chicago’s ban on handguns, opening the way for a ruling that could set off a vigorous new campaign to roll back state and local gun controls across the nation. FBI director discounts suggestions police miscommunication damaged terror caseWASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller rejected suggestions Wednesday that poor coordination between the FBI and New York Police Department damaged the investigation of an Afghan immigrant charged with plotting a bomb attack in New York City. Official: Suspect in killing outside NYC post office is found dead in PhiladelphiaNEW YORK — A man suspected of killing someone he bumped into on a sidewalk outside New York City’s main post office has been found dead in Philadelphia, police said Wednesday. Hero pilots who landed jet on Hudson River reuniting in cockpit for NY-to-NC flightNEW YORK — The “Miracle on the Hudson” pilots are reuniting in the cockpit for the first time for a flight out of New York. |
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